The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2094 page)

(P
li; Skt.,
r
ma
era). One who is making a first approach to full membership of the Buddhist sa
gha (community)—i.e. the equivalent, in Western terms, of a novice monk.

 
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(Skt., ‘he who is all-pervadingly good’; Chin., P'u-hsien; Jap., Fugen; Tib.,
di Buddha). A
bodhisattva
of great importance in Mah
y
na Buddhism. He is the protector of all who teach
dharma
, and he is the embodiment of the realization that sameness and difference are a unity. He rides a six-tusked elephant, the tusks representing the conquest of attachment to the six senses. He rode on the elephant to China, settling on Mount O-mei, where he is venerated as one of the four great bodhisattvas. He is also closely associated with
Vairoc
na
. For the Tibetan development, see
DI BUDDHA
.

 
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